C99400 Brass vs. Monel K-500
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 61 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |